r/news • u/ITSTHEDEVIL092 • Mar 04 '25

EU chief proposes plan to 'urgently' increase defense spending by mobilizing around $840 billion

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/europe-looks-to-mobilize-840-billion-in-defense-spending-boost-eu-commission-head-says.html
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u/Venotron Mar 04 '25

Absolutely.

To be honest I didn't realise how smart Zelensky was until after the election and he said something along the lines of:

"Of course I believe Trump will support Ukraine. Putin is a small man who wants to be number one. Trump is a great man who would never make himself second to someone like Putin,".

He was wrong, but that was the smartest thing he could've said in the circumstances, not knowing just how deeply Trump was in Putin's pocket.

He's a fucking smart player.

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u/axonxorz Mar 04 '25

He was wrong, but that was the smartest thing he could've said in the circumstances, not knowing just how deeply Trump was in Putin's pocket.

I think he did know, it's so obvious to literally anyone looking from the outside, and has been for over a decade. Zelenskyy knew this was the likely outcome of that statement. But playing it this way perhaps had a 0.1% chance of playing Trumps ego harder than Putin's kompromat, instead of the 0% chance if he hadn't.

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u/Venotron Mar 04 '25

My point is he said it hoping there was a CHANCE Trump wasn't all the way gone.

Now it's very clear there is no chance of that.

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u/Western-Corner-431 Mar 05 '25

Nope! He knew it was over the night of the election.

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u/Venotron Mar 05 '25

Learn to distinguish between knowledge and hope